Disaster in Japan

SOCIAL MEDIA: Officials have declared states of emergency at six Fukushima reactors, where Friday's twin disasters knocked out the main cooling systems and backup generators. The following is a timeline of the events leading up to the current situation.

A man in Tokyo fills up on gas to take home for his heater because he believes the power grid will fail. In many areas, there is no running water, no power, and four- to five-hour waits for gasoline. (Curt Petrovich/CBC News)

Upon hearing another tsunami warning, a father tries to flee for safety with his four-month-old baby girl in Ishinomaki on Monday. Japan's coast has been hit by hundreds of aftershocks since Friday. The latest was a 6.2-magnitude quake that triggered the new tsunami scare. (Hiroto Sekiguchi, The Yomiuri Shimbun/The Associated Press)

On Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey increased the magnitude of Friday's quake to 9.0 from 8.9 following a similar move by Japanese seismologists. "This magnitude places the earthquake as the fourth largest in the world since 1900," the USGS said.

From: TimeOutTokyo Basically, NISA (Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) has said that the explosion is to do with the suppression pool, but TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) are being reluctant and hazy about confirming.

by William Kay3/14/2011 11:51:57 PM

Japan's nuclear safety agency said late Monday that another explosion has been heard at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant — the same facility where two previous explosions have stoked concerns of a possible meltdown. Read more: www.cbc.ca